Erik Howard

• Should Google Buy Twitter?
  Posted on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 in twitter – Comments: (0)
  The Motley Fool has a new article on why Google should buy Twitter.They assert that Google would be the most suitable match for Twitter. They could afford to buy the non-revenue generating Twitter in this bad economic environment.They would have no problems hosting Twitter. Google has the horsepower and bandwidth to prevent Tweet Overload. The culture and vision of both companies would not clash as much as a Microsoft Twitter tie-up.
• Getting Started with Amazon EC2
  Posted on Saturday, March 28th, 2009 in cloud computing – Comments: (0)
  Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is a commercial web service offering that allows you to rent your own server in which to deploy your applications. The infrastructure is highly scalable and allows you to increase or decrease your computing horsepower based on demand. Think of it as your own elastic data center where you only pay for the resources that you use.
• Enterprise Adoption of Cloud Computing
  Posted on Monday, March 23rd, 2009 in cloud computing – Comments: (0)
  While startups, consultants and individuals are rushing to put their applications in the cloud large enterprises are, for the most part, are still sitting on the fence.What is preventing adoption of cloud computing for enterprises. It basically comes down to a few issues – security, accountability and standards.Most cloud vendors, but not all, are mum (publicly at least) on the exact details of their cloud infrastructure.

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